View Full Version : Archiving Regionals Video 2009
Jonathan Norris
15-12-2008, 16:07
Last year we saw match footage from 32/42 (76%) Regionals, which was an increase over the previous year. But we can do better. It is still my goal to see every match of every Regional recorded, every year it gets easier and easier to do, and I think this is the year that anyone can do it. To make this happen I am going to look for a team of two other people to help me organize this. Our job will be to organize volunteers for every regional, spread the required information about uploading the video, share the information about how to record and parse the video, remind volunteers to record and upload the video, and organize the parsing of the video if required. If you are interested in helping me out, please PM or email me.
If you are interested in voluteering to record a regional please state so in this thread, and feel free to add your name to this list. I ask anyone willing to help me keep track of this list just update it by copying the last one, adding the new names, and pasting it into your post surrounded by "["CODE"]" text... "["/CODE"]" without the quotes.
Regional Volunteer
Week 1
BAE Systems Granite State Regional
Buckeye Regional
Greater Kansas City Regional
Midwest Regional
New Jersey Regional
Oklahoma City Regional
Washington DC Regional
Week 2
Boston Regional
Finger Lakes Regional
Oregon Regional
San Diego Regional
New York City Regional
Week 3
Dallas Regional
Florida Regional
Los Angeles Regional
Peachtree Regional
Pittsburgh Regional
Silicon Valley Regional
Wisconsin Regional
Week 4
Israel Regional
Arizona Regional
Bayou Regional
Boilermaker Regional
Chesapeake Regional
NASA / VCU Regional
Philadelphia Regional
St. Louis Regional
Waterloo Regional Jonathan Norris (2809)
Week 5
Colorado Regional
Connecticut Regional
Greater Toronto Regional Jonathan Norris (2809)
Hawaii Regional
Las Vegas Regional
Lone Star Regional
Microsoft Seattle Regional
Palmetto Regional
Sacramento Regional
SBPLI Long Island Regional
Week 6
Michigan State Championship
Minnesota 10000 Regional
Minnesota North Star Regional
How To Record
This is the most often asked question, and finnaly I have a simple answer for everyone. the Pinnacle Video Transfer (http://www.pinnaclesys.com/PublicSite/us/PinnacleLife/PinnaclePVT), its a $99 ($95 on amazon, I've seen it for $70 on ebay) device that records a component video and audio input right to an external hard drive at the push of a button in glorious h.264.
If you are looking for a more low cost solution (requiring a computer, and someone to watch the computer..) check out last year's thread (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62197).
As for where to capture the video from, FIRST at all its Regionals provides a station with about 20 outputs where you can hook right into the main scoreboard video feed. We prefer this feed over you recording the matches with a camcorder, FIRST hires a professional company at every regional to tape the matches.
Parsing and Cutting Up the Video Into Individual Matches
If you really don't have time to do this after recording a regional, please contact us and we will instruct you where to upload the raw video.
This can be done with whatever video editing program you would like, every windows machine comes with windows movie maker (I think Vista does... I'm a mac user) and every Mac comes with iMovie. As for the output video and naming standards please see below!
Standards for Parsing:
DO NOT include the announcers introduction, we are just looking for the robot action.
End the video once the play has stopped, if you like you can cut in the final score (this is a bit of a pain, and TBA already has it listed on their site anyway).
Video Format Standards
Format: MPEG4 or H264 (.mp4, .mpv, or .mov are all acceptable containers). WMV is acceptable, but for reasons explained below not favored
File Size: 15-25 Mb per file, this roughly a bitrate of: 1000-1250 kb/s, with an audio bitrate of: 128 kb/s.
Video Resolution: recommended 640X480, acceptable 320X240
HTTP Streaming: when encoding the video to its final format of MPEG4 or h264 enable http streaming (for most encoders it will be an option). This will allow anyone with a smart phone, iPhone, or iPod touch to stream the matches and watch them directly on their handset. :cool:
Naming Standards
Check out this post from last year (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showpost.php?p=703980&postcount=73) for naming standards
as for uploading you will be contacted by myself or one of the other volunteers helping me with detail of how to upload it to The Blue Alliance (TBA) and SOAP.
I am sure the TBA and SOAP people will chime in at some point with their plans for this season.
=Martin=Taylor=
15-12-2008, 20:04
Regional Volunteer
Week 1
BAE Systems Granite State Regional
Buckeye Regional
Greater Kansas City Regional
Midwest Regional
New Jersey Regional
Oklahoma City Regional
Washington DC Regional
Week 2
Boston Regional
Finger Lakes Regional
Oregon Regional
San Diego Regional
New York City Regional
Week 3
Dallas Regional
Florida Regional
Los Angeles Regional
Peachtree Regional
Pittsburgh Regional
Silicon Valley Regional Martin Taylor (100)
Wisconsin Regional
Week 4
Israel Regional
Arizona Regional
Bayou Regional
Boilermaker Regional
Chesapeake Regional
NASA / VCU Regional
Philadelphia Regional
St. Louis Regional
Waterloo Regional Jonathan Norris (2809)
Week 5
Colorado Regional
Connecticut Regional
Greater Toronto Regional Jonathan Norris (2809)
Hawaii Regional
Las Vegas Regional
Lone Star Regional
Microsoft Seattle Regional
Palmetto Regional
Sacramento Regional Martin Taylor (100)
SBPLI Long Island Regional
Week 6
Michigan State Championship
Minnesota 10000 Regional
Minnesota North Star Regional
Yeah I don't know about this whole "video capture thing"....
Me and my family have been planing to bring a hard-disk camera (24 hours of memory) and record the matches. We'll take turns turning it on and off. We'll set up a stationary tri-pod with a good view of the feild.
We did this for the offseason event Cal-Games and it seemed to work pretty well. Saved me the trouble of editing footage (I can't believe people actually do that... you guys must be VERY dedicated :eek:).
I'll be doing Davis and SVR
Yeah about those Cal-Games vids... I don't see them!!! Greg!!! :mad:
AdamHeard
15-12-2008, 20:21
End the video once the play has stopped, if you like you can cut in the final score (this is a bit of a pain, and TBA already has it listed on their site anyway).
As a viewer of match videos, I find it very annoying when the score is not shown on the video. Sometimes TBA is wrong, sometimes it is blank, sometimes you're watching a video elsewhere.
Now, I know I'm contributing 0 work and asking people to do more... but please :D
Would it be a better idea just to upload it to Youtube?
With their new "Watch in HD" feature and a 1 GB per video cap, it provides virtually unlimited space, allowing for excellent quality.
If every match was uploaded in full HD (ideal situation), and was just over 300mb each, that would add up to almost a petabyte of video footage. (42 events x 70 matches each on average)
All I'm saying is instead of having The Blue Alliance host all of the videos themselves, why not let Youtube do it for them.
The youtube videos could even be embedded into the individual pages on TBA for convinience.
Jonathan Norris
15-12-2008, 20:26
Yeah I don't know about this whole "video capture thing"....
Me and my family have been planing to bring a hard-disk camera (24 hours of memory) and record the matches. We'll take turns turning it on and off. We'll set up a stationary tri-pod with a good view of the feild.
We did this for the offseason event Cal-Games and it seemed to work pretty well. Saved me the trouble of editing footage (I can't believe people actually do that... you guys must be VERY dedicated :eek:).
I'll be doing Davis and SVR
Yeah about those Cal-Games vids... I don't see them!!! Greg!!! :mad:
I would have to say for the purposes of online viewing a recording of the FIRST video feed is preferred. Mainly because they are able to get many camera angles, include real time scoring, team numbers, match number, match time, and match results. It just works much better to have the FIRST feed for online flash video viewing. But I guess we will take what we can.
As for parsing, it really doesn't take that long. I've got it down to maybe 2 hours per regional, and most of the time I am doing something else at the same time.
On another note I welcome multiple people to record each regional. It is a good backup, and we can organize the splitting of the parsing up between multiple people.
Jonathan Norris
15-12-2008, 20:35
Would it be a better idea just to upload it to Youtube?
With their new "Watch in HD" feature and a 1 GB per video cap, it provides virtually unlimited space, allowing for excellent quality.
If every match was uploaded in full HD (ideal situation), and was just over 300mb each, that would add up to almost a petabyte of video footage. (42 events x 70 matches each on average)
All I'm saying is instead of having The Blue Alliance host all of the videos themselves, why not let Youtube do it for them.
The youtube videos could even be embedded into the individual pages on TBA for convinience.
Well if you find a solution that can record HD video cheaply, then go ahead. Another issue is that all we get from the FIRST feed is a simple component video and audio connection, no HD there. So until FIRST changes their video production to HD (or the companies that they hire do), then we won't be seeing HD video.
The thing that is great about TBA is how the system organizes the matches, and allows you to search a team number and pull up all their matches. I guess they could take a youtube link and embed it in their pages, but from the small understanding I have of the under-the-hood code that could take some re-working. But unlike youtube, you have the option on TBA to download each match in their higher quality format, and not just watch the smaller flash video recording.
Kyle Fenton
15-12-2008, 20:37
Regional Volunteer
Week 1
BAE Systems Granite State Regional Kyle Fenton (121)
Buckeye Regional
Greater Kansas City Regional
Midwest Regional
New Jersey Regional
Oklahoma City Regional
Washington DC Regional
Week 2
Boston Regional
Finger Lakes Regional
Oregon Regional
San Diego Regional
New York City Regional
Week 3
Dallas Regional
Florida Regional
Los Angeles Regional
Peachtree Regional
Pittsburgh Regional
Silicon Valley Regional Martin Taylor (100)
Wisconsin Regional
Week 4
Israel Regional
Arizona Regional
Bayou Regional
Boilermaker Regional
Chesapeake Regional
NASA / VCU Regional
Philadelphia Regional
St. Louis Regional
Waterloo Regional Jonathan Norris (2809)
Week 5
Colorado Regional
Connecticut Regional
Greater Toronto Regional Jonathan Norris (2809)
Hawaii Regional
Las Vegas Regional
Lone Star Regional
Microsoft Seattle Regional
Palmetto Regional
Sacramento Regional Martin Taylor (100)/D Green (701)
SBPLI Long Island Regional
Week 6
Michigan State Championship
Minnesota 10000 Regional
Minnesota North Star Regional
Sign me up for the BAE GSR Regional.
Quick Question, last year The Blue Alliance (TBA) used a flash based format & SOAP 108 mainly used WMVs. Are they both going to switch over to a MPEG-4 format this year?
As a viewer of match videos, I find it very annoying when the score is not shown on the video. Sometimes TBA is wrong, sometimes it is blank, sometimes you're watching a video elsewhere.
Now, I know I'm contributing 0 work and asking people to do more... but please
This is actually quite a time consuming task to do. This requires to parse out the middle by aligning the player heads between the end of the match and the score. When you have 100+ matches, it becomes really time consuming and ultimately not worth it.
Regional Volunteer
Week 1
BAE Systems Granite State Regional
Buckeye Regional
Greater Kansas City Regional
Midwest Regional
New Jersey Regional
Oklahoma City Regional
Washington DC Regional
Week 2
Boston Regional
Finger Lakes Regional
Oregon Regional
San Diego Regional
New York City Regional
Week 3
Dallas Regional
Florida Regional
Los Angeles Regional
Peachtree Regional
Pittsburgh Regional
Silicon Valley Regional Martin Taylor (100)
Wisconsin Regional
Week 4
Israel Regional
Arizona Regional
Bayou Regional
Boilermaker Regional
Chesapeake Regional
NASA / VCU Regional
Philadelphia Regional
St. Louis Regional
Waterloo Regional Jonathan Norris (2809)
Week 5
Colorado Regional
Connecticut Regional
Greater Toronto Regional Jonathan Norris (2809)
Hawaii Regional
Las Vegas Regional
Lone Star Regional
Microsoft Seattle Regional
Palmetto Regional
Sacramento Regional Martin Taylor (100)/D Green (701)
SBPLI Long Island Regional
Week 6
Michigan State Championship
Minnesota 10000 Regional
Minnesota North Star Regional
On another note I welcome multiple people to record each regional. It is a good backup, and we can organize the splitting of the parsing up between multiple people.
I'll help with the Sac feed - I did it back in 2007. Having more the one person responsible for the parsing would be great. I'd be willing to parse Friday matches and maybe Martin would do the Saturday matches?
Vikesrock
15-12-2008, 20:46
Would it be a better idea just to upload it to Youtube?
With their new "Watch in HD" feature and a 1 GB per video cap, it provides virtually unlimited space, allowing for excellent quality.
If every match was uploaded in full HD (ideal situation), and was just over 300mb each, that would add up to almost a petabyte of video footage. (42 events x 70 matches each on average)
All I'm saying is instead of having The Blue Alliance host all of the videos themselves, why not let Youtube do it for them.
The youtube videos could even be embedded into the individual pages on TBA for convinience.
Storage space is not the only barrier to full HD video. First the feed that you are pulling from is not HD (as far as i know at least). Second, the greater the resolution, the longer the encode times are for the videos.
I would definitely have to hear what others think about this, especially the TBA and SOAP folks before I hop on-board.
EDIT: I also just went and checked out YouTube's Batch Uploader, from what I can see it requires a title and description be entered for every upload. For the 95 videos my team archived from the MN regional last year the extra effort would become significant. I will be testing the upload speed of the batch uploader shortly to see if that would be a factor as well.
I'll help with the Sac feed - I did it back in 2007. Having more the one person responsible for the parsing would be great. I'd be willing to parse Friday matches and maybe Martin would do the Saturday matches?
I would be glad to help parse any regionals if the person recording doesn't have time to do so. This is a tentative commitment based on availability, but I did parse quite a few this past year so they don't really take me all that long.
Kyle Fenton
15-12-2008, 20:57
Storage space is not the only barrier to full HD video. First the feed that you are pulling from is not HD (as far as i know at least). Second, the greater the resolution, the longer the encode times are for the videos.
I would definitely have to hear what others think about this, especially the TBA and SOAP folks before I hop on-board.
Vikesrock,
Your right. We are years away for being able to get HD video (even 720p) onto websites for free. Besides the bandwidth and storage problems, the fact is that most average computers these days can't handle MPEG-4 HD that well. FIRST doesn't even have widescreen SD (16:9 ratio) available in its feeds.
Jonathan Norris
15-12-2008, 21:09
Quick Question, last year The Blue Alliance (TBA) used a flash based format & SOAP 108 mainly used WMVs. Are they both going to switch over to a MPEG-4 format this year?
Actually TBA takes whatever the uploader gives us, and we then encode it to flash. Last year it was about 50-50 MPEG-4 vs. WMV, I am hoping to see more MPEG-4 this year. If I can convince people to enable http streaming when encoding MPEG-4 or h.264, we can all have FIRST matches streamed to our smartphones/iPhones/iPods.
I'll see if I have time over the break to set up a script to convert .wmv to h.264 with my ubuntu box. Then maybe I can just rip everything on TBA to h.264, so once someone builds a nice iPhone app (the mobile TBA site works well enough...), we can see matches on our iPhones and iPods.
Regional Volunteer
Week 1
BAE Systems Granite State Regional Kyle Fenton (121)
Buckeye Regional
Greater Kansas City Regional
Midwest Regional
New Jersey Regional
Oklahoma City Regional
Washington DC Regional
Week 2
Boston Regional
Finger Lakes Regional
Oregon Regional
San Diego Regional
New York City Regional
Week 3
Dallas Regional
Florida Regional
Los Angeles Regional
Peachtree Regional
Pittsburgh Regional
Silicon Valley Regional Martin Taylor (100)
Wisconsin Regional
Week 4
Israel Regional
Arizona Regional
Bayou Regional
Boilermaker Regional
Chesapeake Regional
NASA / VCU Regional
Philadelphia Regional
St. Louis Regional
Waterloo Regional Jonathan Norris (2809)
Week 5
Colorado Regional
Connecticut Regional
Greater Toronto Regional Jonathan Norris (2809)
Hawaii Regional
Las Vegas Regional
Lone Star Regional
Microsoft Seattle Regional
Palmetto Regional
Sacramento Regional Martin Taylor (100)/D Green (701)
SBPLI Long Island Regional
Week 6
Michigan State Championship
Minnesota 10000 Regional
Minnesota North Star Regional
=Martin=Taylor=
15-12-2008, 21:56
I would have to say for the purposes of online viewing a recording of the FIRST video feed is preferred. Mainly because they are able to get many camera angles, include real time scoring, team numbers, match number, match time, and match results. It just works much better to have the FIRST feed for online flash video viewing. But I guess we will take what we can.
As for parsing, it really doesn't take that long. I've got it down to maybe 2 hours per regional, and most of the time I am doing something else at the same time.
On another note I welcome multiple people to record each regional. It is a good backup, and we can organize the splitting of the parsing up between multiple people.
IMO the camera angles are annoying. They often miss the action, and usually only focus on certain teams. Yes, those are usually the most exciting teams to watch... but what if you're showing vids to a sponsor?
"See!! See!! Right there? That was OUR robot! yes, yes I'll rewind it..."
As for matches, teams and scores I'll record those too.
We'll work something out Mr. G. Although I think splitting it between the two days is a good idea.
JamesByrne
16-12-2008, 12:37
Regional Volunteer
Week 1
BAE Systems Granite State Regional Kyle Fenton (121)
Buckeye Regional
Greater Kansas City Regional
Midwest Regional
New Jersey Regional
Oklahoma City Regional
Washington DC Regional
Week 2
Boston Regional
Finger Lakes Regional
Oregon Regional James Byrne (360)
San Diego Regional
New York City Regional
Week 3
Dallas Regional
Florida Regional
Los Angeles Regional
Peachtree Regional
Pittsburgh Regional
Silicon Valley Regional Martin Taylor (100)
Wisconsin Regional
Week 4
Israel Regional
Arizona Regional
Bayou Regional
Boilermaker Regional
Chesapeake Regional
NASA / VCU Regional
Philadelphia Regional
St. Louis Regional
Waterloo Regional Jonathan Norris (2809)
Week 5
Colorado Regional
Connecticut Regional
Greater Toronto Regional Jonathan Norris (2809)
Hawaii Regional
Las Vegas Regional
Lone Star Regional
Microsoft Seattle Regional James Byrne (360)
Palmetto Regional
Sacramento Regional Martin Taylor (100)/D Green (701)
SBPLI Long Island Regional
Week 6
Michigan State Championship
Minnesota 10000 Regional
Minnesota North Star Regional
Also for anyone that is interested I have made a website that is run in php for doing this exact thing. I have a system set up that is very easy to implement and if you can get a internet connection at the regional you can almost have your videos up in real time. We are still doing the final testing of the system but we have so far tested it at FTC and FLL in WA. It has worked well and the feed back we are getting is positive.
Let me know if any one has and interest. I will be happy to go over how the system works or any questions.
Best of all I donate the server space and bandwidth, so there will be no cost besides the computer that will record the video (you can bring your personal computer if you want).
Dave Flowerday
16-12-2008, 12:43
Another issue is that all we get from the FIRST feed is a simple component video and audio connection, no HD there.
Just a small correction for the benefit of people who may be thinking about doing this: FIRST provides a composite video connection, not component. You don't need component-capable hardware to record matches at an event (unless they change something this year, which I doubt).
NYC: should be easy for me, being Fri-Sun.
LI: I'll list as maybe.
Any ideas how to get the Michigan districts?
Regional Volunteer
Week 1
BAE Systems Granite State Regional Kyle Fenton (121)
Buckeye Regional
Greater Kansas City Regional
Midwest Regional
New Jersey Regional
Oklahoma City Regional
Washington DC Regional
Week 2
Boston Regional
Finger Lakes Regional
Oregon Regional James Byrne (360)
San Diego Regional
New York City Regional Kenny Ardizzone
Week 3
Dallas Regional
Florida Regional
Los Angeles Regional
Peachtree Regional
Pittsburgh Regional
Silicon Valley Regional Martin Taylor (100)
Wisconsin Regional
Week 4
Israel Regional
Arizona Regional
Bayou Regional
Boilermaker Regional
Chesapeake Regional
NASA / VCU Regional
Philadelphia Regional
St. Louis Regional
Waterloo Regional Jonathan Norris (2809)
Week 5
Colorado Regional
Connecticut Regional
Greater Toronto Regional Jonathan Norris (2809)
Hawaii Regional
Las Vegas Regional
Lone Star Regional
Microsoft Seattle Regional James Byrne (360)
Palmetto Regional
Sacramento Regional Martin Taylor (100)/D Green (701)
SBPLI Long Island Regional Kenny Ardizzone, maybe
Week 6
Michigan State Championship
Minnesota 10000 Regional
Minnesota North Star Regional
Fyi- For an event to add HD capability the cost goes up considerably. It's not just the camera rental, but the mixers and other equipment behind the scenes have to be upgraded. I believe FIRST has only done this at the championship and for internal purposes. Never, to my knowledge, have they had an "hd breakout box" the way they've done so for composite. 640x480 capture has proved a nice balance between resolution and filesize.
Team 39 did HD on their own last year, i.e. from the stands. 1440x1080 @ 6.8Mbps. Files were abt 140MB. The problem I had though was playback on my laptop was very choppy- likely the disc not keeping up with the bitrate. My desktop however played ok.
All that being said, we will still toy with an HD solution this year, but it would be premature to expound as the kinks need to be worked out.
Regards,
KA :cool:
p.s. Thanks again Jonathan for your work on this!
Enigma's puzzle
12-01-2009, 22:53
Are you covering Districts??
Vikesrock
12-01-2009, 23:00
Are you covering Districts??
Could someone familiar with the setup being used for the Michigan Districts chime in about whether the familiar video drop will be provided? I believe I remember reading that the A/V setup will be a bit different at these events, but I'm not really sure.
I dont see why the a/v would be different for the michigan regionals. The regionals should still have a camera crew and they still will be mixing video to the main screen therefore there should be a location of connection for teams if not I am sure someone could just ASK.
-Mike AA
Kevin Sevcik
13-01-2009, 11:52
I'll make sure my setup is actually recording properly this year....
Regional Volunteer
Week 1
BAE Systems Granite State Regional Kyle Fenton (121)
Buckeye Regional
Greater Kansas City Regional
Midwest Regional
New Jersey Regional
Oklahoma City Regional
Washington DC Regional
Week 2
Boston Regional
Finger Lakes Regional
Oregon Regional James Byrne (360)
San Diego Regional
New York City Regional Kenny Ardizzone
Week 3
Dallas Regional
Florida Regional
Los Angeles Regional
Peachtree Regional Kevin Sevcik (57)
Pittsburgh Regional
Silicon Valley Regional Martin Taylor (100)
Wisconsin Regional
Week 4
Israel Regional
Arizona Regional
Bayou Regional
Boilermaker Regional
Chesapeake Regional
NASA / VCU Regional
Philadelphia Regional
St. Louis Regional
Waterloo Regional Jonathan Norris (2809)
Week 5
Colorado Regional
Connecticut Regional
Greater Toronto Regional Jonathan Norris (2809)
Hawaii Regional
Las Vegas Regional
Lone Star Regional Kevin Sevcik (57)
Microsoft Seattle Regional James Byrne (360)
Palmetto Regional
Sacramento Regional Martin Taylor (100)/D Green (701)
SBPLI Long Island Regional Kenny Ardizzone, maybe
Week 6
Michigan State Championship
Minnesota 10000 Regional
Minnesota North Star Regional
I have still to ask the regional directors, but assuming the video drop is available, we will be recording Chesapeake and Washington D.C.
Here is the update to last year's post:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showpost.php?p=703980&postcount=73
This one has the 2009 regionals.
For consistency and predictability sake, we have a preference in naming the movie files.
General Naming Rules
* Two or three character event abbreviation in lowercase, e.g. "fl"
* Underscore, "_"
* XOR:
Qualification: Use THREE digits, "001", "047", "108".
Elimination: Use "qf4m2", "sf2m1", "fm3"
Awards: Use "award_" + AwardDescription.
Opening: Use "openingremarks_" + "friday" or "saturday".
Closing: Use "closingremarks_" + "friday" or "saturday".
Else: any string that does not begin with "qf", "sf", "fm", or a digit.
* ".wmv" , ".mov", ".divx" , ".whatever"
Notes:
# Always use lowercase, please.
# No spaces in a filename, please.
# Sometimes a match gets replayed- name the one that counts in the standings as "fl_001.wmv". The one(s) that do NOT count, "fl_001bad1.wmv", "fl_001bad2.wmv", etc...
Abbreviations are as follows:
BAE SYSTEMS Granite State Regional NH
Buckeye Regional OH
Greater Kansas City Regional KC
Midwest Regional IL
New Jersey Regional NJ
Oklahoma City Regional OK
Washington DC Regional DC
Boston Regional MA
Finger Lakes Regional ROC
Oregon Regional OR
San Diego Regional SDC
New York City Regional NY
Dallas Regional DA
Florida Regional FL
Los Angeles Regional CA
Peachtree Regional GA
Pittsburgh Regional PIT
Silicon Valley Regional SJ
Wisconsin Regional WI
Israel Regional IS
Arizona Regional AZ
Bayou Regional LA
Boilermaker Regional IN
Chesapeake Regional MD
NASA / VCU Regional VA
Philadelphia Regional PA
St. Louis Regional MO
Waterloo Regional WAT
Colorado Regional CO
Connecticut Regional CT
Greater Toronto Regional ON
Hawaii Regional HI
Las Vegas Regional NV
Lone Star Regional TX
Microsoft Seattle Regional WA
Palmetto Regional SC
Sacramento Regional SAC
SBPLI Long Island Regional LI
Minnesota 10,000 Lakes Regional MN
Minnesota North Star Regional MN2
Michigan
Traverse City District GT
Kettering University District GG
Cass Tech District DT1
Lansing District GRL
Detroit District DT
West Michigan District MI
Troy District OC
Michigan State Championship GL
Many thanks,
KA :cool:
aksimhal
13-01-2009, 19:35
Hi,
Team 1123 can tape the Washington DC Regional...
Thanks Jonathan for coordinating this,
Anish
nikeairmancurry
13-01-2009, 21:04
:D Well, this is something that I have been wanting to for a few years now. But, when I looked at your list, I do see that the Michigan District Events are not included right now. I would be willing to do hopefully two the district events and the State Championship.
I still need alittle more clarification on what, I would need to do, to record all the matches. So PM me with some more details to help :D
Vikesrock
15-01-2009, 00:59
Alright, 2175 will be taking care of the 2 MN regionals.
I also added the Michigan District events to the list. I assumed that the districts you might cover would be the ones 326 is attending Nicholas.
Regional Volunteer
Week 1
BAE Systems Granite State Regional Kyle Fenton (121)
Buckeye Regional
Greater Kansas City Regional
Midwest Regional
New Jersey Regional
Oklahoma City Regional
Washington DC Regional Will (449)/Anish(1123)
MI - Traverse City
Week 2
Boston Regional
Finger Lakes Regional
Oregon Regional James Byrne (360)
San Diego Regional
New York City Regional Kenny Ardizzone
MI - Kettering
Week 3
Dallas Regional
Florida Regional
Los Angeles Regional
Peachtree Regional Kevin Sevcik (57)
Pittsburgh Regional
Silicon Valley Regional Martin Taylor (100)
Wisconsin Regional
MI - Cass Tech Nicholas(326)??
Week 4
Israel Regional
Arizona Regional
Bayou Regional
Boilermaker Regional
Chesapeake Regional Will (449)
NASA / VCU Regional
Philadelphia Regional
St. Louis Regional
Waterloo Regional Jonathan Norris (2809)
MI - Lansing
MI - Detroit
Week 5
Colorado Regional
Connecticut Regional
Greater Toronto Regional Jonathan Norris (2809)
Hawaii Regional
Las Vegas Regional
Lone Star Regional Kevin Sevcik (57)
Microsoft Seattle Regional James Byrne (360)
Palmetto Regional
Sacramento Regional Martin Taylor (100)/D Green (701)
SBPLI Long Island Regional Kenny Ardizzone, maybe
MI - West Michigan
MI - Troy Nicholas(326)??
Week 6
Michigan State Championship Nicholas(326)??
Minnesota 10000 Regional Kevin O'Connor (2175)
Minnesota North Star Regional Kevin O'Connor (2175)
Greg Marra
15-01-2009, 09:24
The Blue Alliance will be on site recording (and hopefully webcasting) the Boston Regional again this year.
Regarding other posts in this thread:
We usually store a Flash Video and a high quality video, but I started pruning some of the hi-qual videos because we were running low on disk space. I can likely re-add them all, I just need to do some reorganization of files.
I will get up videos that I have (like cal games) asap. I had some transcoding issues on some of them, and have been working on other projects over break. I'll try to do this later today.
Added 108 for Florida and Buckeye, 111 for Midwest and Boilermaker
p.s. As 108 is not yet "in" for championship, is there anyone willing to help (see * below), taking shifts if needed?
Thanks,
KA
Regional Volunteer
Week 1
BAE Systems Granite State Regional Kyle Fenton (121)
Buckeye Regional Team 108
Greater Kansas City Regional
Midwest Regional Mike Sansone (111)
New Jersey Regional
Oklahoma City Regional
Washington DC Regional Will (449)/Anish(1123)
MI - Traverse City
Week 2
Boston Regional
Finger Lakes Regional
Oregon Regional James Byrne (360)
San Diego Regional
New York City Regional Kenny Ardizzone
MI - Kettering
Week 3
Dallas Regional
Florida Regional Team 108
Los Angeles Regional
Peachtree Regional Kevin Sevcik (57)
Pittsburgh Regional
Silicon Valley Regional Martin Taylor (100)
Wisconsin Regional
MI - Cass Tech Nicholas(326)??
Week 4
Israel Regional
Arizona Regional
Bayou Regional
Boilermaker Regional Mike Sansone (111)
Chesapeake Regional Will (449)
NASA / VCU Regional
Philadelphia Regional
St. Louis Regional
Waterloo Regional Jonathan Norris (2809)
MI - Lansing
MI - Detroit
Week 5
Colorado Regional
Connecticut Regional
Greater Toronto Regional Jonathan Norris (2809)
Hawaii Regional
Las Vegas Regional
Lone Star Regional Kevin Sevcik (57)
Microsoft Seattle Regional James Byrne (360)
Palmetto Regional
Sacramento Regional Martin Taylor (100)/D Green (701)
SBPLI Long Island Regional Kenny Ardizzone, maybe
MI - West Michigan
MI - Troy Nicholas(326)??
Week 6
Michigan State Championship Nicholas(326)??
Minnesota 10000 Regional Kevin O'Connor (2175)
Minnesota North Star Regional Kevin O'Connor (2175)
Week 7 - Championship
Archimedes Division
Curie Division
Galileo Division
Newton Division
Any division*: Mike Sansone (111), Kenny Ardizzone
*Either don't care which one or will determine once assignments are made.
I will hopefully be attending Michigan districts, Lansing and West Michigan. If I don't make it to one I will try to get someone on my team to run the DVD recorder.
Regional Volunteer
Week 1
BAE Systems Granite State Regional Kyle Fenton (121)
Buckeye Regional Team 108
Greater Kansas City Regional
Midwest Regional Mike Sansone (111)
New Jersey Regional
Oklahoma City Regional
Washington DC Regional Will (449)/Anish(1123)
MI - Traverse City
Week 2
Boston Regional
Finger Lakes Regional
Oregon Regional James Byrne (360)
San Diego Regional
New York City Regional Kenny Ardizzone
MI - Kettering
Week 3
Dallas Regional
Florida Regional Team 108
Los Angeles Regional
Peachtree Regional Kevin Sevcik (57)
Pittsburgh Regional
Silicon Valley Regional Martin Taylor (100)
Wisconsin Regional
MI - Cass Tech Nicholas(326)??
Week 4
Israel Regional
Arizona Regional
Bayou Regional
Boilermaker Regional Mike Sansone (111)
Chesapeake Regional Will (449)
NASA / VCU Regional
Philadelphia Regional
St. Louis Regional
Waterloo Regional Jonathan Norris (2809)
MI - Lansing Mike Aalderink (2015)
MI - Detroit
Week 5
Colorado Regional
Connecticut Regional
Greater Toronto Regional Jonathan Norris (2809)
Hawaii Regional
Las Vegas Regional
Lone Star Regional Kevin Sevcik (57)
Microsoft Seattle Regional James Byrne (360)
Palmetto Regional
Sacramento Regional Martin Taylor (100)/D Green (701)
SBPLI Long Island Regional Kenny Ardizzone, maybe
MI - West Michigan Mike AAlderink (2015)
MI - Troy Nicholas(326)??
Week 6
Michigan State Championship Nicholas(326)??
Minnesota 10000 Regional Kevin O'Connor (2175)
Minnesota North Star Regional Kevin O'Connor (2175)
Week 7 - Championship
Archimedes Division
Curie Division
Galileo Division
Newton Division
Any division*: Mike Sansone (111), Kenny Ardizzone
*Either don't care which one or will determine once assignments are made.
Greg Marra
18-01-2009, 10:07
I've got Boston.
I will hopefully be attending Michigan districts, Lansing and West Michigan. If I don't make it to one I will try to get someone on my team to run the DVD recorder.
Regional Volunteer
Week 1
BAE Systems Granite State Regional Kyle Fenton (121)
Buckeye Regional Team 108
Greater Kansas City Regional
Midwest Regional Mike Sansone (111)
New Jersey Regional
Oklahoma City Regional
Washington DC Regional Will (449)/Anish(1123)
MI - Traverse City
Week 2
Boston Regional Greg Marra (TBA)
Finger Lakes Regional
Oregon Regional James Byrne (360)
San Diego Regional
New York City Regional Kenny Ardizzone
MI - Kettering
Week 3
Dallas Regional
Florida Regional Team 108
Los Angeles Regional
Peachtree Regional Kevin Sevcik (57)
Pittsburgh Regional
Silicon Valley Regional Martin Taylor (100)
Wisconsin Regional
MI - Cass Tech Nicholas(326)??
Week 4
Israel Regional
Arizona Regional
Bayou Regional
Boilermaker Regional Mike Sansone (111)
Chesapeake Regional Will (449)
NASA / VCU Regional
Philadelphia Regional
St. Louis Regional
Waterloo Regional Jonathan Norris (2809)
MI - Lansing Mike Aalderink (2015)
MI - Detroit
Week 5
Colorado Regional
Connecticut Regional
Greater Toronto Regional Jonathan Norris (2809)
Hawaii Regional
Las Vegas Regional
Lone Star Regional Kevin Sevcik (57)
Microsoft Seattle Regional James Byrne (360)
Palmetto Regional
Sacramento Regional Martin Taylor (100)/D Green (701)
SBPLI Long Island Regional Kenny Ardizzone, maybe
MI - West Michigan Mike AAlderink (2015)
MI - Troy Nicholas(326)??
Week 6
Michigan State Championship Nicholas(326)??
Minnesota 10000 Regional Kevin O'Connor (2175)
Minnesota North Star Regional Kevin O'Connor (2175)
Week 7 - Championship
Archimedes Division
Curie Division
Galileo Division
Newton Division
Any division*: Mike Sansone (111), Kenny Ardizzone
*Either don't care which one or will determine once assignments are made.
Kyle Fenton
18-01-2009, 12:13
I will also be recording the CT regional.
Regional Volunteer
Week 1
BAE Systems Granite State Regional Kyle Fenton (121)
Buckeye Regional Team 108
Greater Kansas City Regional
Midwest Regional Mike Sansone (111)
New Jersey Regional
Oklahoma City Regional
Washington DC Regional Will (449)/Anish(1123)
MI - Traverse City
Week 2
Boston Regional
Finger Lakes Regional
Oregon Regional James Byrne (360)
San Diego Regional
New York City Regional Kenny Ardizzone
MI - Kettering
Week 3
Dallas Regional
Florida Regional Team 108
Los Angeles Regional
Peachtree Regional Kevin Sevcik (57)
Pittsburgh Regional
Silicon Valley Regional Martin Taylor (100)
Wisconsin Regional
MI - Cass Tech Nicholas(326)??
Week 4
Israel Regional
Arizona Regional
Bayou Regional
Boilermaker Regional Mike Sansone (111)
Chesapeake Regional Will (449)
NASA / VCU Regional
Philadelphia Regional
St. Louis Regional
Waterloo Regional Jonathan Norris (2809)
MI - Lansing Mike Aalderink (2015)
MI - Detroit
Week 5
Colorado Regional
Connecticut Regional Kyle Fenton (121)
Greater Toronto Regional Jonathan Norris (2809)
Hawaii Regional
Las Vegas Regional
Lone Star Regional Kevin Sevcik (57)
Microsoft Seattle Regional James Byrne (360)
Palmetto Regional
Sacramento Regional Martin Taylor (100)/D Green (701)
SBPLI Long Island Regional Kenny Ardizzone, maybe
MI - West Michigan Mike AAlderink (2015)
MI - Troy Nicholas(326)??
Week 6
Michigan State Championship Nicholas(326)??
Minnesota 10000 Regional Kevin O'Connor (2175)
Minnesota North Star Regional Kevin O'Connor (2175)
Week 7 - Championship
Archimedes Division
Curie Division
Galileo Division
Newton Division
Any division*: Mike Sansone (111), Kenny Ardizzone
*Either don't care which one or will determine once assignments are made.
Regional Volunteer
Week 1
BAE Systems Granite State Regional Kyle Fenton (121)
Buckeye Regional Team 108
Greater Kansas City Regional Craig Cottrell (1094)
Midwest Regional Mike Sansone (111)
New Jersey Regional
Oklahoma City Regional
Washington DC Regional Will (449)/Anish(1123)
MI - Traverse City
Week 2
Boston Regional
Finger Lakes Regional
Oregon Regional James Byrne (360)
San Diego Regional
New York City Regional Kenny Ardizzone
MI - Kettering
Week 3
Dallas Regional
Florida Regional Team 108
Los Angeles Regional
Peachtree Regional Kevin Sevcik (57)
Pittsburgh Regional
Silicon Valley Regional Martin Taylor (100)
Wisconsin Regional
MI - Cass Tech Nicholas(326)??
Week 4
Israel Regional
Arizona Regional
Bayou Regional
Boilermaker Regional Mike Sansone (111)
Chesapeake Regional Will (449)
NASA / VCU Regional
Philadelphia Regional
St. Louis Regional Craig Cottrell (1094)
Waterloo Regional Jonathan Norris (2809)
MI - Lansing Mike Aalderink (2015)
MI - Detroit
Week 5
Colorado Regional
Connecticut Regional Kyle Fenton (121)
Greater Toronto Regional Jonathan Norris (2809)
Hawaii Regional
Las Vegas Regional
Lone Star Regional Kevin Sevcik (57)
Microsoft Seattle Regional James Byrne (360)
Palmetto Regional
Sacramento Regional Martin Taylor (100)/D Green (701)
SBPLI Long Island Regional Kenny Ardizzone, maybe
MI - West Michigan Mike AAlderink (2015)
MI - Troy Nicholas(326)??
Week 6
Michigan State Championship Nicholas(326)??
Minnesota 10000 Regional Kevin O'Connor (2175)
Minnesota North Star Regional Kevin O'Connor (2175)
Week 7 - Championship
Archimedes Division
Curie Division
Galileo Division
Newton Division
Any division*: Mike Sansone (111), Kenny Ardizzone
*Either don't care which one or will determine once assignments are made.__________________
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XaulZan11
24-01-2009, 19:24
How To Record
This is the most often asked question, and finnaly I have a simple answer for everyone. the Pinnacle Video Transfer (http://www.pinnaclesys.com/PublicSite/us/PinnacleLife/PinnaclePVT), its a $99 ($95 on amazon, I've seen it for $70 on ebay) device that records a component video and audio input right to an external hard drive at the push of a button in glorious h.264.
Have you used this before? I just did a real quick research on it and there appears to be some quality concerns. Reviewers have said the quality is good for ipods, but anything larger and the quality isn't too great. But if you have used it, then I'm sure its good enough for our purposes.
Kyle Fenton
24-01-2009, 21:10
Have you used this before? I just did a real quick research on it and there appears to be some quality concerns. Reviewers have said the quality is good for ipods, but anything larger and the quality isn't too great. But if you have used it, then I'm sure its good enough for our purposes.
After looking at the bitrates on this website ( http://www.trustedreviews.com/multimedia/review/2008/03/13/Pinnacle-Video-Transfer/p1 ) I just can't seem to imagine that it would produce any type of HQ video. To produce SDTV quality MPEG-4 video, you should have at least 3 to 4 Mpbs, and this device max out at 1.5 Mbps.
A cheap DVR or CD recorder would probably be your best bet to record the matches.
JamesByrne
04-02-2009, 21:37
Is there any distinction we can make with the people that are streaming the matches. and the people who will be archiving the matches. Or both.
I am just trying to figure out how we can watch week 1 regionals while they are going on.
Thanks
After looking at the bitrates on this website ( http://www.trustedreviews.com/multimedia/review/2008/03/13/Pinnacle-Video-Transfer/p1 ) I just can't seem to imagine that it would produce any type of HQ video. To produce SDTV quality MPEG-4 video, you should have at least 3 to 4 Mpbs, and this device max out at 1.5 Mbps.
A cheap DVR or CD recorder would probably be your best bet to record the matches.
I have one ot the Pinnacle Video Transfer devices, just bought it last week actually. I hooked it up to my Satelite and recorded for a couple hours onto a 8gm Ipod nano with no issues I havent hooked up to a USB flash drive but I doubt it would be any different.
I will also be recording at the same time via DVD recorder as a more tried and true process.
-Mike AA
Dave Flowerday
05-02-2009, 12:12
After looking at the bitrates on this website ( http://www.trustedreviews.com/multimedia/review/2008/03/13/Pinnacle-Video-Transfer/p1 ) I just can't seem to imagine that it would produce any type of HQ video. To produce SDTV quality MPEG-4 video, you should have at least 3 to 4 Mpbs, and this device max out at 1.5 Mbps.
I'm not sure I agree with that... according to the device information, it is recording using H.264 (which is technically MPEG4 Part 10, however when most people say MPEG4 they're usually referring to MPEG4 Part 2). While H.264 encoder implementations can vary dramatically regarding the quality of video produced at given bitrates, 1.5Mbps should be very good quality for SD. As an example, Netflix streaming movies are encoded at a maximum of 1.5Mbps (using VC1 which offers similar performance). Their HD movies max out at 3.8Mbps. I've watched Netflix videos at both of these bitrates and they look excellent - more than good enough for our needs.
Joe Ross
05-02-2009, 12:39
Have you used this before? I just did a real quick research on it and there appears to be some quality concerns. Reviewers have said the quality is good for ipods, but anything larger and the quality isn't too great. But if you have used it, then I'm sure its good enough for our purposes.
I used it last year to record the LA regional. I tried it both on the highest setting (which is interlaced, and needs to be deinterlaced in postprocessing). See http://video.soap108.com/2008/ca-losangeles/ca_037.mp4. The next day I did it on the medium setting, which I think ended up looking better. See http://video.soap108.com/2008/ca-losangeles/ca_qf1m2.mp4. You can download all the videos here: http://video.soap108.com/2008/ca-losangeles/
I recorded to an external hard drive, because big flash drives were still expensive last year. If I was doing it again, I'd buy an 8 gig flash drive, probably.
I was very happy with the quality compared to how a lot of the regional's videos came out.
please archiving San Diego Regional for me
synth3tk
13-02-2009, 01:14
Ohhh, we've got 108 for Buckeye. :) If you guys need someone to help parse, let me know.
aksimhal
20-02-2009, 18:11
Hi,
I was wondering if a consensus was reached on the video format/method? [The DC Regional is coming up:rolleyes: ]
Thanks,
Greg Marra
20-02-2009, 18:49
Hi,
I was wondering if a consensus was reached on the video format/method? [The DC Regional is coming up:rolleyes: ]
Thanks,
I am starting to document this here: http://www.firstwiki.net/index.php/2009_Archiving.
That wiki page now contains most of the knowledge contained in this thread.
Jonathan Norris
22-02-2009, 12:27
I am starting to document this here: http://www.firstwiki.net/index.php/2009_Archiving.
That wiki page now contains most of the knowledge contained in this thread.
Great job on the Wiki Greg!! we really should have done that a long time ago...
XaulZan11
22-02-2009, 16:57
As for where to capture the video from, FIRST at all its Regionals provides a station with about 20 outputs where you can hook right into the main scoreboard video feed. We prefer this feed over you recording the matches with a camcorder, FIRST hires a professional company at every regional to tape the matches.
Can anyone with 'insider information' confirm this? I emailed both the Midwest and Wiscosin regionals to confirm that we could record the video (for scouting purposes) and both times they were unsure. The Wisconsin regional planning committee said it was 'very unlikely'. The new scoring system seems to have changed some of the standards.
ATannahill
22-02-2009, 17:04
They do have a profesional compony produce the feed, I do not think they record it though.
As I under stand the company will just get a feed out from the scoring table with the live scoring at the bottom of a green screen and a second with the final scores. The company adds live video from their cameras. They probably will also have a First logo screen and a screen for alliance selection.
Anyone else getting ready for the first week of regionals? I know I am...
http://robot.mbhs.edu/files/weekone.jpg
(Located all of the computers, but are still tracking down cables...)
Who can we thank for the OK regional footage?
Thanks,
KA :cool:
Greg Marra
28-02-2009, 15:26
If folks need FTP info to upload video to The Blue Alliance, shoot me a PM.
synth3tk
01-03-2009, 00:22
Will do. I've gotta parse everything first, once I receive the footage from Team 48, whom I must thank for providing the Buckeye Regional's webcast.
Rich Kressly
01-03-2009, 14:48
Did anyone capture DC?
Vikesrock
01-03-2009, 14:52
I've mentioned this before, but if anyone needs any help parsing video just drop me a PM.
ATannahill
01-03-2009, 14:53
ditto
synth3tk
01-03-2009, 16:30
So do we have a set format/config, or is it just whatever we choose?
ATannahill
01-03-2009, 16:33
So do we have a set format/config, or is it just whatever we choose?
http://www.firstwiki.net/index.php/2009_Archiving
scroll down
Vikesrock
02-03-2009, 20:49
This is slightly off-topic, but is something I noticed while watching some video from the past week.
On the videos form Oklahoma the "scoring bar" at the bottom of the screen is somewhat transparent. I don't know how this looked on the big screen at the event, but it makes the team numbers much more difficult to see than if the bar is solid like the BAE videos.
I don't really feel that the transparency adds anything so I would recommend talking to the video guys if you see that they are using transparency on the score bar.
Did anyone capture DC?
I captured DC, have almost finished editing it, and should be posting it in the next few days.
thank you for all the hard work.
I captured DC, have almost finished editing it, and should be posting it in the next few days.
MasterChief1732
03-03-2009, 21:19
Does anyone know the status of the Midwest regional videos? The Semis-Finals are up but there is nothing else.
Vikesrock
03-03-2009, 21:24
Does anyone know the status of the Midwest regional videos? The Semis-Finals are up but there is nothing else.
It appears that they are in the process of getting posted. I see the WMV files for the rest of the elims and some of the quals on the TBA servers.
synth3tk
03-03-2009, 22:56
lol, I received the Buckeye videos in FLV format, so don't expect them anytime soon. :p Huge thanks to Team 48 for archiving/streaming the regional, though.
lol, I received the Buckeye videos in FLV format, so don't expect them anytime soon. :p Huge thanks to Team 48 for archiving/streaming the regional, though.
You could upload what video you have and others could rip and convert it.
-Mike AA
Vikesrock
03-03-2009, 23:21
The method i use to parse the videos works just fine with FLV so I can take a crack at them if you want. Not sure how much time I'll have to work on them tomorrow, but I could probably get through them on Thursday or Friday at the latest.
Could you take over a TiVO and do the recording?
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Regional Volunteer
Week 1
BAE Systems Granite State Regional Kyle Fenton (121)
Buckeye Regional Team 108
Greater Kansas City Regional Craig Cottrell (1094)
Midwest Regional Mike Sansone (111)
New Jersey Regional
Oklahoma City Regional
Washington DC Regional Will (449)/Anish(1123)
MI - Traverse City
Week 2
Boston Regional
Finger Lakes Regional Ellery Wong (191)
Oregon Regional James Byrne (360)
San Diego Regional
New York City Regional Kenny Ardizzone
MI - Kettering
Week 3
Dallas Regional
Florida Regional Team 108
Los Angeles Regional
Peachtree Regional Kevin Sevcik (57)
Pittsburgh Regional
Silicon Valley Regional Martin Taylor (100)
Wisconsin Regional
MI - Cass Tech Nicholas(326)??
Week 4
Israel Regional
Arizona Regional
Bayou Regional
Boilermaker Regional Mike Sansone (111)
Chesapeake Regional Will (449)
NASA / VCU Regional
Philadelphia Regional
St. Louis Regional Craig Cottrell (1094)
Waterloo Regional Jonathan Norris (2809)
MI - Lansing Mike Aalderink (2015)
MI - Detroit
Week 5
Colorado Regional
Connecticut Regional Kyle Fenton (121)
Greater Toronto Regional Jonathan Norris (2809)
Hawaii Regional
Las Vegas Regional
Lone Star Regional Kevin Sevcik (57)
Microsoft Seattle Regional James Byrne (360)
Palmetto Regional
Sacramento Regional Martin Taylor (100)/D Green (701)
SBPLI Long Island Regional Kenny Ardizzone, maybe
MI - West Michigan Mike AAlderink (2015)
MI - Troy Nicholas(326)??
Week 6
Michigan State Championship Nicholas(326)??
Minnesota 10000 Regional Kevin O'Connor (2175)
Minnesota North Star Regional Kevin O'Connor (2175)
Week 7 - Championship
Archimedes Division
Curie Division
Galileo Division
Newton Division
Any division*: Mike Sansone (111), Kenny Ardizzone
I will give the Pinnacle video Transfer a Shot at the Finger Lakes Regional this Week since converting VHS from Ed's $15 vcr was not very fun. Blah....
Ellery
Is there any possibility of people that will be taping/recording the matches to maybe have a static camera filming the entire field? The filming done by first is almost impossible to tell what's going on everywhere, and it'll film robots picking up balls by themselves off in a corner, while robots are dumbing and playing the game in another.
For learning purposes it'd be a lot more helpful to be able to watch the entire field. But I know it might be too much to ask.
Thanks!
Caio
Kevin Sevcik
04-03-2009, 15:31
Is there any possibility of people that will be taping/recording the matches to maybe have a static camera filming the entire field? The filming done by first is almost impossible to tell what's going on everywhere, and it'll film robots picking up balls by themselves off in a corner, while robots are dumbing and playing the game in another.
For learning purposes it'd be a lot more helpful to be able to watch the entire field. But I know it might be too much to ask.
Thanks!
Caio
It's always possible, and there are a few teams that do this, but it's a much larger time and equipment commitment. There's owning or buying the camera itself, then there's the need to set it up in a suitable location, if there is one. Then someone has to babysit the camera for most of the regional, as you can't count on it not walking off, or not being sat in front of. Plus you'd probably still want to record the standard feed as well, as it covers the ceremonies much better and has much better audio.
So it's not impossible.... Just highly annoying. Things would be easier if FIRST just set up an overview camera for webcasts and things and split that feed off for teams to record as well. Or if they hired camera people over the age of 18, who know you can't make a shot more exciting by rapidly zooming in and out or rolling the camera side to side.
Jeff 801
05-03-2009, 14:51
I am willing to try to capture the Palmetto Regional but I don't have time to split the video into matches so I would be able to supply someone with the raw video files. For me to do this I need some help from someone that knows the format for the captured video. I use VLC to capture but I don't know the correct video and audio setting (codec) for capture.
synth3tk
05-03-2009, 23:29
Someone's going to need to take Buckeye. I just got busy unexpectedly, and won't be able to work on the video for some time.
Will be uploading to TBA soon. 320p and 720p FLVs courtesy of Team 48.
Sgraff_SRHS06
06-03-2009, 00:07
I captured DC, have almost finished editing it, and should be posting it in the next few days.
Still no sign of it on TBA (The Blue Alliance)
ATannahill
06-03-2009, 05:53
Someone's going to need to take Buckeye. I just got busy unexpectedly, and won't be able to work on the video for some time.
Will be uploading to TBA soon. 320p and 720p FLVs courtesy of Team 48.
I'll take care of it for you. How can I get it?
RyanCesiel
06-03-2009, 19:38
245 will be archiving the Kettering District in Michigan. Not sure if we'll be able to cut it up or not.
OK, I'm getting a Pinnacle Video Transfer from Amazon to record the NASA VCU Regional.
synth3tk
07-03-2009, 12:04
I'll take care of it for you. How can I get it?
FTP, all day Sunday and Monday. I'll send you the info as soon as I'm ready.
Rich Kressly
08-03-2009, 09:29
any word on when DC will be available?
Does anyone need help parsing/encoding video. I don't know if its just me but there seems to be a surprising lack of TechnoKat footage. I'm sure many scouting teams would like to see more video up so if there is anything I can do to help expedite the process, let me know...
any word on when DC will be available?
I've been unexpectedly busy and the encoding/compressing is taking a little longer than expected, but I'm going to try to get all of the videos uploaded by the end of this week.
Kevin Kolodziej
12-03-2009, 23:10
I will have Wisconsin recorded this weekend. I may need some help parsing, or it may take some time. Unfortunately, it will be coming in on VHS tape since my computers are out of commission (hence the delay in me signing up to record). I can transfer to my computer once I get the tapes home, but the computer going to the regional just isn't going to happen at this point...:mad:
Akash Rastogi
12-03-2009, 23:50
Any word on if NJ was archived by 1676? I'd like to see it on TBA soon.
Great work you guys, really appreciate it all.
Rich Kressly
14-03-2009, 22:35
I've been unexpectedly busy and the encoding/compressing is taking a little longer than expected, but I'm going to try to get all of the videos uploaded by the end of this week.
edit...thanks Pentau!!! ... DC is now mostly available at http://www.soap.circuitrunners.com/2009/dc/
I'm guessing elims will be up in the near future.
Vikesrock
16-03-2009, 01:52
Alright so with Week 3 regionals in the books I figure now is a good time to look at where we stand on Week 1 and 2 videos.
Week 1
BAE Systems Granite State Regional Up on TBA and SOAP
Buckeye Regional Definitely recorded and in progress
Greater Kansas City Regional Not listed for recording
Midwest Regional Partially up on TBA
New Jersey Regional Not listed for recording
Oklahoma City Regional TBA and SOAP
Washington DC Regional SOAP
MI - Traverse City Not listed for recording
Week 2
Boston Regional TBA
Finger Lakes Regional TBA
Oregon Regional http://bpsepaa.com/video/main.php
San Diego Regional Finals on TBA
New York City Regional SOAP
MI - Kettering Not listed for recording
If anybody has videos of any of these events which need to be parsed or has week 3 videos that they need help parsing I'm on Spring Break this week so I can probably get them done the same day I get them.
Akash Rastogi
16-03-2009, 02:19
Alright so with Week 3 regionals in the books I figure now is a good time to look at where we stand on Week 1 and 2 videos.
Week 1
BAE Systems Granite State Regional Up on TBA and SOAP
Buckeye Regional Definitely recorded and in progress
Greater Kansas City Regional Not listed for recording
Midwest Regional Partially up on TBA
New Jersey Regional Not listed for recording
Oklahoma City Regional TBA and SOAP
Washington DC Regional SOAP
MI - Traverse City Not listed for recording
Week 2
Boston Regional TBA
Finger Lakes Regional TBA
Oregon Regional http://bpsepaa.com/video/main.php
San Diego Regional Finals on TBA
New York City Regional SOAP
MI - Kettering Not listed for recording
If anybody has videos of any of these events which need to be parsed or has week 3 videos that they need help parsing I'm on Spring Break this week so I can probably get them done the same day I get them.
:eek: :confused: :(
I thought 1676 was recording and parsing?
Vikesrock
16-03-2009, 11:34
:eek: :confused: :(
I thought 1676 was recording and parsing?
Whoops, I checked the list here and not the one on the wiki which has become the "more official" one. 1676 is listed there as recording NJ.
Washington D.C. should be on TBA in the next few days. For the time being, I've only uploaded the WFA to SOAP. If there are any other requests, I can try to edit them in the next few days.
Washington D.C. should be on TBA in the next few days. For the time being, I've only uploaded the WFA to SOAP. If there are any other requests, I can try to edit them in the next few days.
I uploaded the remaining matches (qf1m1, 71, 65, 64, 48, 42, and 5) to SOAP, and am now starting to upload the matches to TBA for Washington DC.
SWAT1806
17-03-2009, 15:57
All the matches for the Greater Kansas City Regional can be found here. http://www.more.net/services/videostreaming/first2009/archives.html
synth3tk
18-03-2009, 14:51
Change of plans. I'm currently converting all of the FLVs from Buckeye right now, and will be parsing/uploading them.
Thanks for the offers, though!
ham90mack
19-03-2009, 00:22
pentau, Matches 1 and 2 in the DC regional archive are not correct. You archived the practice matches, not the qualification matches.
I would like to see the Engineering Inspiration award archived, and I'm guessing some others will want the other awards too. But go ahead and take your time, it can be done after you upload to TBA.
Aren_Hill
19-03-2009, 00:33
Any clue on when the rest of Midwest qualifiers will be up?
Also what the status is on Milwaukee
just wonderin
I may or may not have a chance to parse Lansing so I am in process of uploading the 4 files to firstvideoarchive.com (http://firstvideoarchive.com/2009Archive/index.php?dir=Michigan%20District%20Lansing/). Each file is 1-3GB so uploading takes a little time.
-Mike AA
Greg Peshek
22-03-2009, 10:55
What's the word on the rest of the Florida Qualifiers and Elims? The first day of qualifiers was up on SOAP the Friday of the competition, so just curious to see if anyone in this thread knew what was going on with that.
keneajer
22-03-2009, 13:23
How much hard drive space will u use up if u use the Pinnacle Video Transfer? How teams use the Pinnacle Video Transfer and the editing software with it or do u use a different editing software.
Kevin Kolodziej
22-03-2009, 14:05
Wisconsin is still sitting on my VHS tapes waiting to be digitized. I had a last minute business trip this week that didn't allow me to get started. I will be digitizing and spreading around for parsing as soon as I can. It is coming!
How much hard drive space will u use up if u use the Pinnacle Video Transfer? How teams use the Pinnacle Video Transfer and the editing software with it or do u use a different editing software.
I had mine set on medium quality and I used a 4GB thumb drive. I saved everything off during lunch and at the end of the night. Mornings usually took 1.7GB afternoon and awards took about 2.7GB. So total you're only looking at about 9GB. I used the medium quality so I didn't need to deinterlace the video to view on a computer ( I think thats how it went)
-Mike AA
Akash Rastogi
22-03-2009, 21:51
I'm told NJ should be appearing sometime this week. Also told quite a few people were recording Philly, any word on this being true?
KevinReid
23-03-2009, 01:00
I captured Waterloo regional, but cant parse. Is there any kind soul willing to do the parsing?
How do I go about ULing to somewhere like: firstvideoarchive.com?
I had mine set on medium quality and I used a 4GB thumb drive. I saved everything off during lunch and at the end of the night. Mornings usually took 1.7GB afternoon and awards took about 2.7GB. So total you're only looking at about 9GB. I used the medium quality so I didn't need to deinterlace the video to view on a computer ( I think thats how it went)
-Mike AA
Keep in mind that the Pinnacle Video Transfer will stop recording a file when it reaches about 3.2 GB (or ~6 hours in medium quality), write it to disk, then resume recording. I did not know that, and as a result, missed Qualification Match 34 on VCU. Everything else was recorded, including awards. I'll begin parsing it when we get back home (end of the week).
Keep in mind that the Pinnacle Video Transfer will stop recording a file when it reaches about 3.2 GB (or ~6 hours in medium quality), write it to disk, then resume recording. I did not know that, and as a result, missed Qualification Match 34 on VCU. Everything else was recorded, including awards. I'll begin parsing it when we get back home (end of the week).
During lunch and after awards I took mine and saved off the files. The closest I came was 2.7GB on saturday. I also ran a DVD recorder just in case.
-Mike AA
Swampdude
23-03-2009, 09:15
What's the word on the rest of the Florida Qualifiers and Elims? The first day of qualifiers was up on SOAP the Friday of the competition, so just curious to see if anyone in this thread knew what was going on with that.
Looks like they posted the eliminations for florida here (http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/robotics/)
I wonder if someone can chop these up and put them on TBA?
Vikesrock
23-03-2009, 12:46
Looks like they posted the eliminations for florida here (http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/robotics/)
I wonder if someone can chop these up and put them on TBA?
Nice find. I'll chop them up and put them up on TBA right now.
I captured Waterloo regional, but cant parse. Is there any kind soul willing to do the parsing?
How do I go about ULing to somewhere like: firstvideoarchive.com?
parse as in?
Encode the video and upload? if so i think i can do that for you...
Uploading i can just run the upload at school, thats easy...
PM me so we can talk furthur.
Thanks, Dani
Dave Flowerday
23-03-2009, 14:58
Any clue on when the rest of Midwest qualifiers will be up?
Likely never. The person who everyone thought was going to record the Midwest matches never showed up. Someone else managed to record some of the matches off the webcast, but I believe whatever matches they got are already up on TBA.
Greg Peshek
23-03-2009, 19:07
Looks like they posted the eliminations for florida here (http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/robotics/)
I wonder if someone can chop these up and put them on TBA?
I'll do them then... but if anyone else is already doing it and reads this thread, please let me know kind of soon so I don't spend too much time doing something unnecessary.
-Greg
Vikesrock
23-03-2009, 19:18
I'll do them then... but if anyone else is already doing it and reads this thread, please let me know kind of soon so I don't spend too much time doing something unnecessary.
-Greg
Nice find. I'll chop them up and put them up on TBA right now.
They're already up on the TBA FTP.
Greg Peshek
23-03-2009, 19:20
They're already up on the TBA FTP.
Hmm read right over that post, again with my thoroughness problems.. well thanks for letting me know before it was too late.
-Greg
ATannahill
23-03-2009, 19:30
do we have any uncut video that needs to be parsed?
Greg Marra
24-03-2009, 01:29
They're already up on the TBA FTP.
They're on the TBA site now. Thanks!
Does anyone else notice this year we have many fewer regionals archived than we did last year at this time? After 4 weeks there are only 8 regionals Archived (Lansing is available here firstvideoarchive.com (http://firstvideoarchive.com/2009Archive/index.php?dir=MI-Lansing/)).
Are people having issues getting video online or parsing. Either way please post if you are having problems. Many teams use these videos for fund raising and showing parents what FIRST is all about.
-Mike AA
Does anyone else notice this year we have many fewer regionals archived than we did last year at this time? After 4 weeks there are only 8 regionals Archived (Lansing is available here firstvideoarchive.com (http://firstvideoarchive.com/2009Archive/index.php?dir=MI-Lansing/)).
Are people having issues getting video online or parsing. Either way please post if you are having problems. Many teams use these videos for fund raising and showing parents what FIRST is all about.
-Mike AA
I think most of it is just do to time constraints - I've done FLR and Buckeye (for the years 191 have gone in the past) but this year I have a baby on the way so Josh Goodman had volunteered to parse them this year for me after I recorded the FLR regional. Somehow we'll figure out a system so that this is taken care of just like webcasting in the future.
It's getting better but with all the economy slow downs and layoffs there's probably more important things on people's minds lately.
Joe Ross
29-03-2009, 01:05
I just uploaded the semifinals and finals from Las Vegas to TBA.
I will probably not get a chance to parse the rest for several weeks. The unparsed video is 7.7 gigs. Anyone want to take a shot at it?
ATannahill
29-03-2009, 01:12
I'm busy this week but if no one finishes it before Sunday I might be able to take it next week.
What would be nice is a server where one person posts unparsed videos and (after approved by mods) anyone can download and parse them up to post back to the server. Mods could then check to make sure it is not spam, then give to TBA or Soap.
PS. spam means irrelevant nonsense, I have nothing against team 180, who helped us win two competitions.
i have video for waterloo regional and toronto regional and will be parsing asap (probably starting tomorrow). So hopefully i can get some stuff up soon.
I'm busy this week but if no one finishes it before Sunday I might be able to take it next week.
What would be nice is a server where one person posts unparsed videos and (after approved by mods) anyone can download and parse them up to post back to the server. Mods could then check to make sure it is not spam, then give to TBA or Soap.
PS. spam means irrelevant nonsense, I have nothing against team 180, who helped us win two competitions.
Well if anyone would like to do this just PM me, I will put up a live directory and PM FTP info. If you DO send video PLEASE put it under a directory with the regional name!
EDIT: Here is the link to random unparsed video http://firstvideoarchive.com/firstupload. Just download the video file then PM me for the upload password
keneajer
29-03-2009, 17:27
Just wondering if u did archived one of the regional(s) would u put them on your teams web site or send it to the blue allience or both?
OK, I'm currently uploading the NASA VCU files to The Blue Alliance's FTP, how do I get them to SOAP - or do they download everything directly from TBA (my ISP would certainly appreciate not having to upload everything twice)?
OK, I'm currently uploading the NASA VCU files to The Blue Alliance's FTP, how do I get them to SOAP - or do they download everything directly from TBA (my ISP would certainly appreciate not having to upload everything twice)?
Just upload them to TBA they will get copied over to FVA (firstvideoarchive) which is now what soap points to.
Mike AA
Joe Ross
30-03-2009, 12:32
I'm uploading the unparsed Las Vegas to first video archive http://firstvideoarchive.com/firstupload/2009%20Las%20Vegas%20Unparsed/. Since I'm on a relatively slow internet connection, it won't finish until at least Wednesday morning, but the first few files are already up.
Greg Marra
30-03-2009, 12:53
I'm uploading the unparsed Las Vegas to first video archive http://firstvideoarchive.com/firstupload/2009%20Las%20Vegas%20Unparsed/. Since I'm on a relatively slow internet connection, it probably won't finish until at least tomorrow night, but the first few files are already up.
Some parsed Las Vegas (NV) is on its way up to TBA right now. If you go to edit this, make sure not to duplicate effort :)
ATannahill
30-03-2009, 12:55
I'll see how much I can download and parse on the plain on the plane on Wednesday.
Pjohn1959
30-03-2009, 13:07
Do you know when Lone Star will be done?
rspurlin
30-03-2009, 13:16
I've got selected matches from the 2009 Palmetto Regional as detailed in the 2009 Palmetto thread (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=69823). They're currently huge as they're straight off my camera in AVI format, but I can transcode them to whatever you want. All are 640 x 480.
If someone can PM me with details you can have them all.
ATannahill
30-03-2009, 13:22
What programs do people use to convert .mp4 to .wmv for windows movie maker?
CSideris28
30-03-2009, 13:27
Does anyone know when the rest of the Connecticut Regional footage will be available? Currently only the first day of matches is up on TBA.
Joe Ross
30-03-2009, 14:50
Some parsed Las Vegas (NV) is on its way up to TBA right now. If you go to edit this, make sure not to duplicate effort :)
Are you referring to the semifinals and finals I uploaded already (and mentioned earlier in this thread), or did someone already start parsing the stuff I uploaded to firstvideoarchive?
What programs do people use to convert .mp4 to .wmv for windows movie maker?
I used avidemux on linux. I'm not sure what people use on windows, but if possible, it would be best to keep it as mp4 and avoid transcoding to wmv.
ATannahill
30-03-2009, 15:20
Are you referring to the semifinals and finals I uploaded already (and mentioned earlier in this thread), or did someone already start parsing the stuff I uploaded to firstvideoarchive?
I used avidemux on linux. I'm not sure what people use on windows, but if possible, it would be best to keep it as mp4 and avoid transcoding to wmv.
Windows movie maker does not take mp4, could you point me in the direction of a free software that does take mp4?
Vikesrock
30-03-2009, 15:53
Windows movie maker does not take mp4, could you point me in the direction of a free software that does take mp4?
I use a program called meGUI and two other pieces of software that expand it's video compatibility. Just a warning, it is not the most user friendly software out there.
AVIsynth (http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=57023) and FFDShow (http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=173941&package_id=199421) allow meGUI to work with different types of media and should both be installed before meGUI.
After installing AVIsynth and ffdshow you can install meGUI (http://sourceforge.net/projects/megui).
The first time you run meGui you will need to create a worker under the Worker menu. I also recommend checking the "Autostart Queue" under Options->Settings.
My parsing procedure is to open the video using the meGUI File->Open. If the video is not directly compatible with meGUI this automatically opens a dialog to create an AVISynth script. I crop here if necessary and then save the script. You can also deinterlace during this step if necessary by setting the source type to Interlaced and checking the Deinterlace box on the "Filters" tab.
Next I open AVS Cutter from the Tools menu and select the newly created AVS file. Find the beginning of the desired clip in the window and click "Zone Start" find the end of the clip and click "Zone End", then click Set to set the zone. Repeat for the score if desired. After your desired cuts are set click "Do All and Close" in the non-video window.
I am not very familiar with encoder settings so mine might not be ideal, but I set the video to "x264: CE-Baseline". In the "Cuts" section of the audio select the .clt file that corresponds to the video you are editing. For Audio Encoder I use "Nero AAC: NDAAC - iPod - Good".
Click AutoEncode and set the Average Bitrate to 1000kbits/s.
Then rinse and repeat.
Just upload them to TBA they will get copied over to FVA (firstvideoarchive) which is now what soap points to.
Mike AA
Everything's been uploaded, feel free to copy it - especially since TBA doesn't link to awards and such, and many teams like to have copies of it. ;)
Kevin Sevcik
31-03-2009, 12:48
I'm the weak link in the Peachtree/Lonestar video chain. I've been unexpectedly busy at work, and this week I'll be packing up house for a big move saturday. I should be able to get to things early next week.
I don't think uploading my unparsed video is quite as practical as for some people, as it's stupid high quality so I can do a decent job deinterlacing it and still have something useful to compress down to the TBA format and a set of larger MPGs for teams to use for their own purposes.
Kevin Kolodziej
31-03-2009, 14:27
Wisconsin has been digitized and will be sent around for parsing this evening. I'm hoping to get all files uploaded by the end of the weekend.
Apparently, Colorado School of Mines has an archive of Colorado somewhere, but I can't find it. I'll continue searching, but it is there.
synth3tk
03-04-2009, 12:04
I appreciate Team 48 for archiving and streaming the regional, but I pray that next season, they don't use FLV. It's a huge hassle. I've yet to find a good program (commercial or free) that can successfully convert the files. Had it been another standard, Buckeye would be up by now.
Anyway, I'm probably just going to upload them somewhere soon.
Vikesrock
03-04-2009, 22:16
I appreciate Team 48 for archiving and streaming the regional, but I pray that next season, they don't use FLV. It's a huge hassle. I've yet to find a good program (commercial or free) that can successfully convert the files. Had it been another standard, Buckeye would be up by now.
Anyway, I'm probably just going to upload them somewhere soon.
I am at a regional this weekend and I have midterms all next week, but after that I may be able to convert these for you. I tested the method I use on an FLV and it appeared to work.
mtaman02
03-04-2009, 23:30
I have NJ Day 2 and All days for Finger Lakes
downside is it's a huge *** file so to get it out to the central archiving area will be a hassle =P
I use My Video Converter for Windows
does anyone want to help with waterloo and GTA regionals? I doubt il have the time before championships and i know people are waiting for them to go online...
I have NJ Day 2 and All days for Finger Lakes
downside is it's a huge *** file so to get it out to the central archiving area will be a hassle =P
I use My Video Converter for Windows
How huge is huge? 2GB?
mtaman02
04-04-2009, 00:41
umm big lets leave it at that lol...
Now I know why they came out with Terabyte drives
I didn't have time to scale back the quality since I was busy doing WPA / Spare Parts and Field Related work.
NJ (Sat) 15.6GB WMV Format
ROC (Thu, Fri & Sat) 30GB Total WMV Format
If you can scale back the quality you'll def. get a smaller file size but I'm hardly home to really "sit" with it or to just set it and forget it.
synth3tk
04-04-2009, 12:55
I am at a regional this weekend and I have midterms all next week, but after that I may be able to convert these for you. I tested the method I use on an FLV and it appeared to work.
I've been running FTP uploads and torrents at nights recently. I'll probably do these tonight.
ShortBang
04-04-2009, 13:02
Does anyone know if the Chesapeake Matches will be archived? It was webcast for the first time this year. Thanks
jason_zielke
06-04-2009, 14:53
I have the eliminations from Boilermaker parsed and will work on the rest this week. Can someone please let me know where to upload the videos?
whlspacedude
06-04-2009, 21:18
<directed_at_Jason>
I can parse some of the qualifications if you want...
</directed_at_Jason>
Vikesrock
07-04-2009, 02:28
Unfortunately due to some hardware issues we were unable to record the Northstar regional at the quality we would have liked. The event was still recorded, but at the same quality it was webcast at. We are also missing Match 19 for some reason.
When I was parsing the videos I also noticed that the audio on quite a few of the matches is extremely out of sync with the video. I worked for a few hours on this, but didn't seem to make any headway so I decided to upload everything as is.
At the moment I'm having an issue with uploading it to the TBA FTP, but as soon as I get that squared away I will be sending it all over.
Greg Marra
07-04-2009, 10:04
At the moment I'm having an issue with uploading it to the TBA FTP, but as soon as I get that squared away I will be sending it all over.
The server had an issue where one disk was set to read-only, preventing file uploads. The server then had an issue where it stopped responding. A reboot appears to have fixed both issues. Please let me know if you encounter anymore issues uploading files.
Thanks!
synth3tk
07-04-2009, 13:04
I've got the Buckeye Regionals setup on my own FTP server at home. It runs 24/7 (yea Linux!) so you can pull it overnight or whatever. I've only got 768k upload speeds, so I'd prefer that you get it overnight. Raw FLVs, less than 5GBs, please get them soon. I need the space.
PM me for an account.
To all those who are interested CSM Robotics has video footage of the Colorado Regional at
http://csmrobo.mines.edu
Enjoy
To all those who are interested CSM Robotics has video footage of the Colorado Regional at
http://csmrobo.mines.edu
Enjoy
Ok, This was the link I was refering to in my earlier post. Here's what needs to be done to these video's before they can be put on TBA:1. Rename into XX_## where XX is event name and ## is match number. 2. Light parsing, it doesn't include the anouncer intoduction, but it begins shortly before the acual play starts, Also it has the Moon Rock emptying and counting at the end. 3.(general) This is missing a few matches in the middle.
And unfortunatly I can't do this due to time and computational restraints.
Vikesrock
10-04-2009, 03:05
I'll work on getting the Colorado videos up on TBA this weekend.
Any update for either Peachtree or Palmetto video? Thanks!
Vikesrock
11-04-2009, 18:35
Does anybody have sound on the Colorado videos? I don't hear anything on my computer, and I want to make sure that it's not a codec issue before I keep encoding these.
ham90mack
11-04-2009, 18:45
Sound exists in the videos (at least, it does in Q4 small version). However, it is EXTREMELY quiet. Crank your volume up to the max and see if you can hear the audio. You may want to consider boosting the audio in your encodes...
Vikesrock
11-04-2009, 18:54
Thanks, I can't believe I didn't think to check the Qual matches, I do have audio on those. It seems like there is just no recorded audio for the elim matches :confused:
Joe Ross
11-04-2009, 19:26
I have audio in this file: http://csmrobo.mines.edu/2009_Colorado_Regional_Video/Finals/E20-0399-1332-2996-VS-2083-0207-1158/E20-0399-1332-2996-VS-2083-0207-1158-S.mp4 when played with mplayer on linux.
Vikesrock
11-04-2009, 20:16
I have audio in this file: http://csmrobo.mines.edu/2009_Colorado_Regional_Video/Finals/E20-0399-1332-2996-VS-2083-0207-1158/E20-0399-1332-2996-VS-2083-0207-1158-S.mp4 when played with mplayer on linux.
I didn't check all of them, I do have audio for that match. Thanks for looking into it.
Does anyone know if the Chesapeake Matches will be archived? It was webcast for the first time this year. Thanks
I'm going to upload Chesapeake for parsing as soon as I get back from spring break (so I can use their internet connection...:D).
Adam I. - 945
12-04-2009, 19:32
I looked through some of the pages and didn't see anybody mention this so I'll just ask it.
Does anyone have or know where to get video of the Florida Regional qualifying day 2, award ceremonies (day 2) and alliance selections? The Blue Alliance only has Day 1 and the eliminations. Thanks
Hey everyone,
don't forget about this thread (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=76601&highlight=soap+108).
If you could offer your assistance I'm sure everyone who'll be at home and not at Championships would appreciate it. And for the rest of us, of course a great reference in the future. I know I'll need it.
whlspacedude
12-04-2009, 21:34
The server had an issue where one disk was set to read-only, preventing file uploads. The server then had an issue where it stopped responding. A reboot appears to have fixed both issues. Please let me know if you encounter anymore issues uploading files.
Thanks!
I am having issues uploading files larger than 1mb to TBA. I can upload small files but the 25mb videos won't go.
will
Vikesrock
12-04-2009, 21:37
I am having issues uploading files larger than 1mb to TBA. I can upload small files but the 25mb videos won't go.
will
I sent Greg a PM about this last night. He is going to work on it tonight or tomorrow.
whlspacedude
12-04-2009, 21:38
I sent Greg a PM about this last night. He is going to work on it tonight or tomorrow.
Cool.
:cool:
Nawaid Ladak
12-04-2009, 23:44
Hey everyone,
don't forget about this thread (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=76601&highlight=soap+108).
If you could offer your assistance I'm sure everyone who'll be at home and not at Championships would appreciate it. And for the rest of us, of course a great reference in the future. I know I'll need it.
most likely, i'll be helping Matt out with this, At least for Saturday Morning, if not Friday AM as well
most likely, i'll be helping Matt out with this, At least for Saturday Morning, if not Friday AM as well
Thats awesome. I just thought about it this way, if you're not going to be doing much in Atlanta and want to help out, why not help the folks that give you gameday and some of the resources to watch robots when we can't make it to an event. I'm sure everyone who unfortunately will not be making the trip to Atlanta will be happy to know they can have the same benefits.
I know I'll be stopping by to give some thank you hugs! :p
Greg Marra
13-04-2009, 01:41
I am having issues uploading files larger than 1mb to TBA. I can upload small files but the 25mb videos won't go.
will
Is this still happening? I am not able to reproduce the failure. Do you get a specific error message?
whlspacedude
13-04-2009, 16:12
Is this still happening? I am not able to reproduce the failure. Do you get a specific error message?
Yesterday I could not get this to work. After school today I tried again and it seems to be working.
This was the non-descriptive error message i got yesterday
http://confrontingconformity.com/Chiefdelphi/fail1.png
will
Greg Marra
13-04-2009, 16:19
Yesterday I could not get this to work. After school today I tried again and it seems to be working.
This was the non-descriptive error message i got yesterday
http://confrontingconformity.com/Chiefdelphi/fail1.png
will
The cdvideo ftp account was over it's 50gb quota. I have expanded the quota to 75gb and will work to move videos out of the cdvideo ftp share faster.
It ought to work again great now.
whlspacedude
13-04-2009, 22:09
The cdvideo ftp account was over it's 50gb quota. I have expanded the quota to 75gb and will work to move videos out of the cdvideo ftp share faster.
It ought to work again great now.
Thanks!!
Does any one have video of Friday afternoon at Boilermaker? I will parse the video if someone can get it to me.
Pjohn1959
14-04-2009, 10:51
Kevin S.
Any update on the LSR videos?
DonRotolo
15-04-2009, 20:23
Any word on if NJ was archived by 1676? I'd like to see it on TBA soon. I managed to copy the raw (unparsed) video files from Rob yesterday, who has been busy being a student since NJ. I will be contacting people via PM, to get some help parsing & uploading, or at least uploading unparsed so someone can have a crack at it.
Any update for either Peachtree or Palmetto video? Thanks!Rob is working on Palmetto on the bus ride to ATL today, he said yesterday he's mostly finished. So based on his performance with NJ, maybe we'll see it this year? :p
Don
Vikesrock
16-04-2009, 23:49
I've cut up everything I got from Don and uploaded it to the TBA FTP. I would guess it will be moved over in the next couple days.
Greg Marra
17-04-2009, 00:44
I've cut up everything I got from Don and uploaded it to the TBA FTP. I would guess it will be moved over in the next couple days.
Just got a lot of this. Will convert rest after Champs. Thanks!
synth3tk
17-04-2009, 09:36
To the people whom I've given my info to, did they grab Buckeye yet?
Vikesrock
17-04-2009, 11:04
To the people whom I've given my info to, did they grab Buckeye yet?
I've tried but was unable to connect.
GODUX123
17-04-2009, 11:04
This Season Was Great!
DonRotolo
17-04-2009, 17:08
I've cut up everything I got from Don and uploaded it to the TBA FTP. I would guess it will be moved over in the next couple days.
Thanks so much guys, it's been frustrating to have the video and it not being 'available'.
Don
synth3tk
18-04-2009, 00:41
I've tried but was unable to connect.
Hrm, I'll have to look into it. I might just pony up and upload it to my team's site overnight.
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